Lake Providence Junior High School 1205 Gould Blvd' Lake Providence, La' 71254 EPAS Reflection Prese

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Lake Providence Junior High School1205 Gould
Blvd.Lake Providence, La. 71254EPAS Reflection
Presentation

• Ms. Janice Harris, Principal
• Mrs. Flora Watson, Assistant Principal
• Mr. Calvin Thomas, Administrative Assistant

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EPAS Participants

• James Boykins
• Sheila Bell
• Sherrone Petry
• Blanche Richardson

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Portfolio

• EPAS Implementation
• Content Area
• EPAS Professional Development
• Site Coordinator Visits (Mrs. Diane Madden)
• Identification of Needs
• EPAS Written Reflection

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Portfolio Highlights

• Math skill were higher than expected on the
  Explorer because that is one of the schools areas
  of weakness.
• Scores from the Explorer showed that a large
  number of students are planning to attend college
  and graduate school.
• Using Correlation Maps along with the
  Comprehensive Curriculum were very helpful to
  teachers.

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Portfolio Highlights

• Test scores identified student achievement
  interests in the area of Science and Technology.
• Sample of student work show how teachers used the
  correlation maps to teach lessons to students.

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Project EPAS - Benefits

• Provide students with tools for ongoing learning.
• Help students plan further educational goals.
• Engages students in planning their future.
• Uses standards for transition and secondary
  educators to pinpoint the skills students have
  and those they are ready to learn next.

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Project EPAS - Benefits

• Early awareness of learning problems
• Help students in high school course planning
• Prepares students for college
• Closes the achievement gap
• Encourages and supports students aspirations and
  goals in life
• Addresses specific achievement problems

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Project EPAS - Benefits

• Gives parents feedback
• Provides information about how well students
  perform compared to other students taking the
  test
• Helps students take rigorous high school courses
• Raises academic standards
• Provides evaluation

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Project EPAS -Benefits

• Promotes higher-order thinking skills
• Meets the needs of individual students

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Project EPAS - Challenges

• Student Focus
• Parental Involvement
• Teacher Involvement and Interest
• Effective Instruction
• Implementation of New Strategies
• Student Motivation
• Working As A Team

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Project EPAS Future Goals

• Keep EPAS growing strong in the school
• More students attending college (achieving the
  proper score on the ACT)
• Increase scores on the Plan, Explore, and ACT
• Increase career guidance
• Decrease the number of early drop outs
• Increase the turn out of productive citizens

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Project EPAS Future Goals

• Improve test scores
• Build self esteem among students
• Help students accomplish their goals
• Help teachers improve teaching strategies
• Promote higher learning
• Focus on the quality of learning

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Therefore

• We have grown because we have that first hand
  knowledge of EPAS (Educational Planning and
  Assessment System).